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The box: 2022 Topps Series 2 baseball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.
Packs per box: 25 (24 standard, one four-card Silver Chrome topper)
Cards per pack: 14
Cards in this box: 333
Base set completion:
308 of 350 (88 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Notables on base cards – Shohei Ohtani, Jonathan India, Wander Franco, Bryce Harper, Joey Bart, Jo Adell, Noah Syndergaard, Triston McKenzie, Tarik Skubal, Ozzie Albies, Dansby Swanson, Ian Anderson, Joc Pederson, Ozzie Albies, Pete Alonso, Francisco Lindor, Byron Buxton, Rafael Devers, Miguel Cabrera, Fernando Tatis Jr., Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette, Cody Bellinger ... and others (heavy on combos/team/checklist cards for the star power)
Rookie Cards (56) – Notables include Spencer Strider, Oneil Cruz, Seth Beer, Jake McCarthy, Jose Siri, Shane Baz, Josh Lowe, Janson Junk, Juan Yepez (deep crop)
Insert/short-print cards: 24 (all in gallery below with some base)
Rainbow foil parallel (3) – Jonathan India, Josh Hader, Minnesota Twins
Gold parallel (2) – Daulton Varsho, Roansy Contreras (/2,022)
Blue parallel (1) – Jonahan Schoop (/50)
Green Rainbow parallel (1) – Cody Bellinger (/499)
1987 Topps (3) – Wander Franco, Brandon Crawford, Mike Piazza
1987 Topps All-Star (3) – Cal Ripken Jr., Frank Thomas, Paul Goldschmidt
1987 Topps Chrome (4) – Wander Franco, Rhys Hoskins, Walker Buehler, Ernie Banks (box-topper pack)
Home Run Challenge (1) – Javier Baez
Generation Now (2) – Bobby Dalbec, Freddy Peralta
Sweet Shades (1) – Xander Bogaerts
No-hit Club (1) – Tom Seaver
Significant Statistics (1) – Josh Hader
Diamond Greats (1) – Miguel Cabrera
Autographs/Memorabilia/Manufactured Relics: 1
Silver Slugger Award Winners Patch Card (1) – Vladimir Guerrero Sr.
What's Buzz-worthy: This was an interesting box-opening experience with the first pack yielding the tough pull -- a manufactured Relic that drops one in 570 packs (24 boxes) -- but I flipped it over to see a demolished back corner/edge. Not a big deal, not the end of the world (it's not my first rodeo) but landing the hit in the second pack did sting. (The first was my Chrome topper, which led off with Wander Franco ... so that helped.) After that, I found a pair of Golds (one more than the typical box) as well as a Blue parallel that's actually quite tough at one in 674 (28 boxes) and then a Green that is one in 68 packs. All in all, a good run of finds and not awful names among the parallels in general, either. (Had any of those spots gone to a top name, the box was an easy winner ... still an A- box with the damaged hit, though that is a bummer.) The regular 1987s coughed up another Franco, while the RC crop here was deep but not that flashy for now. The star in the base are a little lean for my taste with combo cards helping out along with a number of notables seen in Opening Day rips. The insert variety didn't seem as deep as my Series 1 box I busted but this one actually did have more inserts. All in all, for me personally, I'm buying less of the flagship-style releases as I just don't need a mass of base cards (not set-building here) but this one had enough in it that I'd probably do one more if prices hold low or drop. There's good potential with parallels and RCs here over time -- you never know who might pop up -- and there are some long-shot hits that can be found, too. My Series 1 box had a hit and ink in the box-topper pack ... so it does happen and it can happen here, too.
Product Grade: B+ (better design than last year -- just needs something more)
Box Grade: A- (several long-odds finds here, though hit was damaged substantially)
Fun Grade: B+ (damaged hit put damper on this box)
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